Category: Economy

Worried

Because I don't feel well today, I had originally planned on going home at 11:30 a.m. and use what's left of my PTO to cover the rest of the day. Then I got an e-mail telling us that we need to hold off on lunches until after 12:15 p.m. for an "announcement." Nobody knew about … Continue reading Worried →

Goodbye, Mother’s Cookies

It seems that with every passing day as of late, yet another piece of my childhood becomes a distant (or in this case, defunct) memory. Without much warning, today workers at California-based Mother's Cookies were told that the cookies would no longer be made. This should not come as much of a surprise considering that … Continue reading Goodbye, Mother’s Cookies →

Another Vegas Post

In our perpetual on-again, off-again, love-hate relationship with Las Vegas, we've decided once and for all that the trip we scheduled for October is off for good. There are many reasons I can get into as to why we chose to give up staying in a plush Las Vegas hotel for free, but to get … Continue reading Another Vegas Post →

Stimulation Has Arrived

Since my SSN is practically at the end of the gov'ment's stimulus payment schedule, Ann and I had simply forgotten about it and figured when it got here, it got here. Today it got here. All $1,500 of it. And tomorrow it will all go towards paying off a few credit cards and *poof* just … Continue reading Stimulation Has Arrived →

What Can $27 Get You These Days?

How about a Fuji FinePix A500 digital camera? Yup, it's true. I bought one at K-Mart last night for $27. Even if it was the display and is missing cables, manual and memory card, it's in good condition and take decent pictures: Oh, and I've been battling gastroenteritis the last week. Not a lot of … Continue reading What Can $27 Get You These Days? →